Creations of Gracie

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wow, I can't believe it's the start middle of a New Year already, I hope that you all had a wonderful Holiday season!

So one interesting thing that we've been up to is The First Bulk Cooking Day of 2013! Two of my very sweet friends, Anna and Gracie from over at Gracie's Tasties came over and made us about 27 meals! It was a pretty wonderful day, full of laughter, shopping, searching for a Starbucks, and cooking.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

How has your weekend been? Mine has been hectic, but in a wonderful way, if you know what I mean. We had a birthday party for a very sweet friend of mine, and almost all of the 35ish people were crammed into our front room singing and playing music.

We had various instruments, Guitars, Penny whistles, Violins, an Accordion, a Bass,

a Cajon, a Melodica, and a Tambourine. It was really really fun.

Kind of hectic finding a song we all knew and could all play in, and that was in the

vocalist's ranges. =)

And then today I went out with some other friends to go walk around in Old Snohomish while our moms had their monthly lunch/catch-up talk.

We saw this on one of the bridges,

So we went to investigate. It's a house or some type of shack built under the railroad tracks.

I decided that we really need to do a photo-shoot on the tracks. The tracks are disconnected, so there's no danger of trains coming, which is nice.

I love her website and cooking, it's soo de-lish-ous. I approve of it very much.

But in this picture, her sister Anna and I were going to walk all the way out into the middle of the railroad tracks to go down the ladder into the house. But she's smart and said that since the moms had said NOT to get arrested (I kid thee not!) we should wait until next time. So she persuaded us to wait.

Here's a herd of Herefords grazing in the field that we could see from on top of the bridge.

A fun thing about the streets of old Snohomish is that there are all of these old clocks everywhere.

Then we went here for pie-before-lunch. Right after diagonally jay walking. Such rebels. =]

It was a bit of a wait, but it was worth it. I got Strawberry-Rhubarb, Anna got Cherry, and the other Gracie got Raspberry. We all agreed the Raspberry was the best.

Afterwards we went here for our lunch, it was wonderful. These people make THE best BLTC ever.

They toast sourdough, then layer tomatoes, caramelized onions, bacon, Provolone cheese, and mayo on it, then I think they toast it again very lightly. It is the best sandwich I've ever had in my life.

And they include a pickle on the side, and their pickles are beautiful. They have a lovely crunch and are *slightly* spicy and just the right level of salt and sour.

We ate our lunch in this charming gazebo. (In case you were wondering...)

And this week is actually Hanukkah, which we celebrate, even though we are not Jewish. We celebrate Christmas somewhat, but our family prefers Hanukkah.

Tonight us kids exchanged gifts, and my little sister Emmy got some new lipstick. She's a budding beautician. I just know it.

And this is what I got. Isn't she just BEAUTIFUL????? It cuts everything like butter. I love it. I have a thing for sharp kitchen knives, I'm going to have so much fun cooking with it!

What in your your past week has been wonderful? Or at least nice?

I hope that this next one will be filled with God's blessing upon you!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Mine's been pretty wonderful....*happy sigh* You'll find out why by scrolling down =)

On to Awkward & Awesome...

*Awkward*

My little brother had a teaching on this past Sunday, and my parents had stayed home due to illness, so I was the one who had to say "Darius has a teaching for us today" which I was fine with, except that the adults were having a conversation, and I thought they had finished, so I said "Darius.." rather loudly but the adults apparently weren't done and started talking right then, and nobody really noticed except for 5 or six 10 to 14 year old boys who knew what I was doing and were practicially suffocating from trying not to laugh out loud at me

Baking the cookies from the last post, and wiping my hand with melted chocolate on it across my chin, and not knowing I had chocolate on my chin and walking around our house for about an hour. It was funny =)

When you're whispering something to someone, and they can't hear you, so they say, "What?" and you say it again, but this time they could hear you but they didn't get it, so they say "What?" and so now you have to explain it to them, and THIS time they can't hear you explaining it so they say "What?" and you just kinda give up, and they think about it and realize what you said and start laughing, which makes other people curious, so you have to repeat the whole process over 3-4 times. *sigh*

Climbing on top of counters, sinks, couches, and various chairs in order to take pictures of food, and being thankful that none of your neighbors can see you

Saying to one of my friends "Can I borrow your head for a minute?" 'cause another friend wanted to show me a new hair trick.

Talking about all of the weird body/lip/head/finger piercing's you've seen with people you just met 10 minutes ago

First of all, I need to apologize for not posting again sooner, and for not replying to all the people who commented on the last post. I tried to reply, but blogger isn't letting me for some reason. =[
I'll reply to y'all at the bottom of this post.=]

I decided to post a recipe for all of you, I got it from this website, to see it Click Here

Step #6:
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. The centers should still be soft when you
remove the pans from the oven. Let the cookies cool briefly before
enjoying hot, or store in air tight containers for about two days. Serve
with lots of milk.

These are REALLY rich, and have a lovely bittersweet/dark chocolatey taste. They are especially tasty with milk. =)If you make them I hope you enjoy!

To the people who commented on the last post, we did get to try the fruit, and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! It was very sweet, from the Spinach to the Anise to the Blueberries. Thank you all of you have started following me! I have gotten to my first goal of 15 people! Thank you again!Blessings,Gracie

Sunday, September 30, 2012

So just recently we heard about this amazing gardening technique, it's very simple and has amazing results. It's called Back To Eden gardening, and what this guy does is add a cover of woodchips to his garden, and it keeps the moisture in the ground, doesn't blow away, and the it stays dry on top so no weeds can grow! It's pretty neat really, So part of my family and some other friends went all the way to Sequim to see his garden!

The ferry on the way over
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We were joking that these are the "Cliffs of Insanity" from The Princess Bride =)

Here's a picture of some of his chard

These are Dwarf Apple trees that produce so much that the branches are bent down.

This 'Scare-Crow' that hangs above his garden. Every year he goes out & shoots a crow w/ his .22

and then hangs it up. All of the other crows see the dead one and think "This is not a safe place" and move on. Isn't that smart??!?

This is a dwarf apple tree that's 1 YEAR OLD and has been planted 6 MONTHS. Normally it

would take about 2-4 YEARS to get fruit, and he got some within 6 months.

This is a his water fountain that comes straight up from his well.

Here he is talking about his garden, while in his garden.

He has over 60 sheep on 1 1/4 acres, and the sheep aren't able to eat all of the grass down because of

all the nutrients in it.

Isn't his lettuce so nice and clean and pretty looking?

Your's Truly looking at the water

Pretty landscape on the water while we were waiting for the ferry to take us back home. If you want to know anything else or you have questions post them on the comments!!

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Hey there! Thanks for dropping by to read my blog! Who am I? First of all, I'm a Christian daughter of The King. I live in beautiful (and wet) Western Washington with my 9 other siblings and my wonderful parents. I have many interests,I'm kind of a a "Jill of all trades, master of some" =)
I love to work with my hands, especially in the dirt! (Who needs pretty hands??!?) =)On this Blog I'll be writing about my life and posting random things. My garden, my family, cooking, hair tutorials, etc. Thank you again for stopping by,leave a comment if you'd like to, and please enjoy my blog!
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